Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That probably explains the duplicate messages I was getting yesterday. I heard it was hot in the Bay Area this week, but not that you were experiencing rolling blackouts! Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:47 AM Subject: [Leica] electric power outages and the LUG > The computers that support the Leica Users List are on a battery backup > that can run for 1 hour in case of a power failure, but I do not have a > gasoline generator to continue after 1 hour. > > Because of the extreme heat (I measured an air temperature of 45 > centigrade in my darkroom on Wednesday) the electric power utility here > has been turning off the electricity at random for 2-hour intervals. > This has happened to me twice, and both times it has seriously > disrupted the mail computers. This situation cannot last forever, and I > know you will be patient with it for now. > > Brian Reid >